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Atypical disseminated leishmaniasis similar to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a Brazilian AIDS patient infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi: a case report

Dimas Carnaúba, Cassiana Tami Konishi, Valéria Petri, Isabel Cristina Pedro Martinez, Laura Shimizu, Vera Lúcia Pereira‐Chioccola

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2009 · 19 citations · 12 references

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We report the case of an atypical disseminated leishmaniasis with similar clinical characteristics to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, an uncommon disease in South America. This occurred in a Brazilian patient with AIDS, 3 years after the first episode of American visceral leishmaniasis.

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